Langhorne dr (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Four volumes reissued as one. Sextdecimo, half green leather with marbled boards, some wear and title label missing from spine, binding firm, previous ownership on front free end paper, internally clean and bright, engraved title page and each volume has an engraved frontis piece, each volume paginated separately: 96, 84, ix plus 110, iv plus 69, further 2 pages of S.E.& C.'s list of New and Elegant Pocket Editions. [QP].…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A story by Dr John Langhorne. With previous owner's copperplate inscription to title page, dated 1826. John Langhorne (March 1735 1 April 1779) was a British translator, poet and priest. He and his brother, William Langhorne, are best known for their English translation of Plutarch's Lives. In a calf binding. Externally, sound with shelfwear and slight cracking to front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Label to front pastedown and chipping to rear blank. Age-toning to some pages at front an rear and some foxing and marks, mainly to first and last few pages and textblock edge. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

1/2 Brown Morocco. Zustand: Corner Wear. No Jacket. Later Edition. Marbled boards, matching endpapers. Covers and spine rubbed. Title-page very foxed, with light to moderate foxing throughout the text. "A Life of the Author" by F. Blagdon is prefixed to the text. Water-staining at bottom edge of the first few pages. Engraved title vignettes and floral chapter ends by Stothard. Eleven fables in all followed by a two-page advertisement for the publisher. The first edition was marketed in 1771. 81pp.…

Zustand: Very Good. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author by F. Blagdon, Esq. pp. (xvi), 81. (ii) of adverts. 11 vignettes as head pieces for each fable by Thomas Stothard, with tissue guards, 11 tail pieces. Small 8vo. Full calf, hinges slightly rubbed, margins browned.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A small and pleasing copy, in full calf, of the poetical works of the pre-Romantic poet William Collins, with an introductory section on the life of the author by Dr. Johnson. In full calf.With an introductory section on the life of the author by Dr. Johnson.With memoirs of the author and observations on his genius and writings by Dr. J. Langhorne. William Collins was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century, second in influence only to Thomas Gray. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow. In full calf. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to joints and extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned and spotting, heavier to the first and last few. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

[iv], 81pp + 2pp ads, 22 engraved vignettes and tail-pieces (mostly floral decorations), bound in twentieth century half calf over marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with some slight sunning to spine (not affecting gilt). A VG+ clean copy.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of fables by Dr Langhorne. First thus, the first of this edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous decorative vignettes. This work was particularly popular as it uses interactions between plants to deliver moral lessons. It was an interesting approach at the time, and aside from rare precedents in Aesop's fables, had great originality. With a preface on the life of Langhorne by F Blagdon. In a full tree calf binding with gilt stamping to the spine. Externally, generally smart with small patches of rubbing to the head and tail of spine. Small amount of loss to the head and tail of spine. Front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown, Theophile Barrois. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Instances of scattered spotting throughout. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A charming collection of moral fables in verse, blending Enlightenment ethics with the allegorical language of flowers and nature, illustrated with hand-coloured vignettes. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards.First published in 1771, this is a charming hand-coloured illustrated edition of the poetry collection.Illustrated with twenty engraved hand-coloured vignettes after Stothard. Collated, complete.An eighteenth-century collection of moral and allegorical fables in verse, using flowers and plants as emblematic figures to convey reflections on virtue, character, and human conduct.John Langhorne (1735-1779) was an English poet, translator, and clergyman, best known for his influential translation of Plutarch"s Lives. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to calf and paper. One or two spots to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if characteristically age toned with the odd spot. The odd minor pencil annotation from previous owner. Very Good. Thomas Stothard (illustrator). book.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO80091590: 1807. In-16. Relié plein cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 168 pages. Gravure en frontispice noir et blanc. Reliure plein veau glacé, marron marbré. Pièce de titre noir. Titre, roulettes et fleurons dorés sur le dos lisse. Encadrements dorés sur les plats. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. HC - Leather boards; Spine: Gilt spine bands and decor/black text block with gilt lettering. Prev. gilt insciption ffep in pencil. Color and B/W Illustrated. Hand-Colored. Hand-laid paper. RARE. Rubbing/bumping to extremities. Some chipping to ffep lower right foot and last few flyleafs. All binding in tact. Foxing to pages. 70/1pp. 16mo. Collectible. See pics--Dave B. Box 7.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. 16mo. 70, [1]plate pp. 11 wood engravings, and 11 copper engravings by Alexander Anderson. Quarter red morocco gilt and marbled paper covered boards. A couple of early gift inscriptions on preliminary pages, corners rubbed and worn, scattered foxing in text, a very good copy in an attractive and interesting early American binding.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A beautifully illustrated edition of Langhorne's poetry collection, illustrated by Thomas Stothard. First published in 1771, this is a charmingly illustrated edition of the poetry collection.Described as consisting of 'floral debates', the collection uses interactions between plants to deliver moral lessons.Illustrated with twenty engraved vignettes after Stothard. Collated, complete.With the armorial bookplate of C. Wyndham Randon to the front pastedown.With a contemporary inscription, dated 1797, to the title page head.ESTC T68497A lovely edition of this work from the English clergyman, poet, translator, editor and author. In a full morocco binding. Light handling marks to boards. Rubbing to joints, with head of front joint starting but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page head. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Very Good. Thomas Stothard (illustrator). book.…

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition; First Printing. A beautiful Special Limited edition/ first printing in Fine condition, being # 1436 of only 1500 made for the members of The Limited editions Club in 1935. Printed on French-folded sheets. Decorative cloth, red morocco shelfback (BAL #3555) Illustrations are very bright, pages show only very little browning. While the original navy cloth slipcover shows considerable wear and tear with bumped corners and spine pulling away from boards, the book itself is exceptionally collectible and scarce in this condition; In the foreword of this limited edition, Twain's daughter Clara explains the circumstances under which her father decided to translate into English the classic German children's book Der Struwwelpeter. Twain was intrigued by the jingles and illustrations about unruly children penned by general practitioner Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann and decided to very loosely "Americanize" the antics of the thumbsucking boy and the match playing little girl. Both Dr. Hoffmann and Twain recognized the dark side of childhood that only another child, whether German or American, can recognize. Basis for Off-Broadway play titled "Shock Headed Peter" in 2003; 4to. Illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Early Edition. 8vo. pp iv, 5-35. A popular moralistic pseudo-oriental tale, first published in England in 1762, in which Langhorne's "chief delight is to moralize and philosophize in a gentle and leisurely fashion" and which "advances slowly because frequently broken by generalizations, by descriptions of places like the 'frowning' ruins of Persepolis and emotions aroused thereby, and also by digressions on the state of literature and manners in England . On the whole, although the story is stiff, tedious, and over-moralistic, it has an attractive kind of purity and sweetness like the fragrance from an old-fashioned garden." - Conant, The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 99-100 Disbound (i.e. lacking covers) but otherwise in decent sound condition with clean text. Suitable for rebinding or reading and reference.…

Fifth edition. Disbound. 4to. ( 255mm. ) Pp. [7] 10 - 65 [1], [2]. Wanting the half title but with the final advert leaf, otherwise complete. Title page with an engraved vignette by Paxton. ESTC T62738.